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UK seabirds devastated by bird flu in 2023 but whales and dolphins recover

Source: PA Wire

Bird flu has had a devastating impact on UK seabirds this year killing thousands of animals, according to The Wildlife Trusts’ annual roundup.

The last two years have seen the most severe outbreak in the UK since the virus emerged from a Chinese poultry farm in the 1990s.

Vast numbers have died, with the only nesting tern colony in at Cemlyn Nature Reserve having halved

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